Career Economics
  • Why Workers Mistrust the New Performance Quotas

    By Knowledge@Wharton, Knowledge@Wharton

    In a PowerPoint presentation to its editorial staff earlier this year, owners of The Oregonian newspaper in Portland, Ore., announced a new policy that ties journalists’ performance to the size of...

  • Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer, is developing a new line of planes with an unusual configuration: The aisle seats would be extended two inches to accommodate overweight passengers, but at the expense of an inch of room for everybody else. What

    Top 5 Industries That Can Make You Fat

    U.S. workers are packing on the pounds. Between stress, a propensity to stay seated all day and the occasional celebratory cupcakes your co-workers bring to the office, it’s hard to avoid the...

  • As more small local institutions join the student loan game, college kids will have even more options for private loans.

    Getting a Job Will Be Easier for the Class of 2014

    By Mark Koba, CNBC

    College graduates this spring should have an easier time finding a job than last year's class, according to a new survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

  • Obama to Pledge $600M in New Jobs Push

    By Steve Holland, Reuters

    President Barack Obama will announce an initiative on Wednesday to devote $600 million to address a central challenge of today's economy: How to train workers for skills they need for jobs that are...

  • Grassroots Action Key to Unemployment Insurance Fight

    Activists vow that they will continue to fight to get relief for millions of the long-term jobless who saw a federal extension of their unemployment benefits eliminated. But some inside the...